P.R.L.
The Guadalquivir
River es a Spanish peninsular river which rise in the cañada de las
Fuentes (Sierra Cazorla), in the municipality of Quesada (Jaen) .
Its river basin
includes territories of Jaen, Cordoba , Almeria, Granada, Malaga,
Seville, Huelva and Cadiz and Murcia, Albacete, Ciuda Real and
Badajoz It hows into the Atlantic ocean between Almonte and Sanlucar
de Barrameda, in a broad estuary between the provice of Cadiz and
Huelva. Marshes of the Guadalquivir which is part of the Doñana
National Park. Between Seville and the estuary a vast wetland is
situated. It is the fifth river length of the Iberia Peninsula.
In
his tour of Andalusia from east tour west, through towns like
Andujar, Cordoba and Seville. From pre-Roman times it was called by
the ARABS Wadal-Kibir from the eleventh century.
The first name was
adopted by the Guadalquivir Baetis or Baitis.
Around
the vil century Bc Greek sailors began to arrive that will be called
Tharsis river, in reference to the Kingdom of Tartessos.
Carmen A.
The Guadalquivir is the fifth longest river in the Iberian peninsula and the second longest river in Spain. The Guadalquivir is 408 miles long and drains an area of about 58,000 square kilometers. It begins at Cañada de las Fuentes in the Cazorla mountain, passes through Córdoba and Seville and ends at the fishing village of Bonanza, in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, flowing into the Gulf of Cádiz, in the Atlantic Ocean.
ReplyDeleteThe Guadalquivir river is the only great navigable river in Spain. Currently it is navigable to Seville, but in Roman times it was navigable to Córdoba.
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ReplyDeleteGuadalquivir River:
ReplyDeleteGEOGRAPHY: The Guadalquivir river is 657kilometers long. Its begins at Cañada de las Fuentes and in Sanlúcar de Barrameda.
HISTORY: In the 1º century BC, the Romans lived in Hispalis. They buildt shipyars, salt,etc. In the 13ª century, fernando 3ª expanded the shipyars to export, grain, oil, wine, etc. Seville became the economic centr of the Spanish Empire. You can do many routes in the river. I recommend. By: VIO 3ºESO A